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Books in Chemical engineering

The Chemical Engineering collection offers content that combines research with foundational knowledge, practical information, methods and case studies, in a variety of areas, including biochemical engineering, catalysis, filtration & separation, colloids & surface chemistry, electrochemical engineering, energy & transport processes, materials chemistry, metallurgy, process engineering, safety & reliability, sustainable & environmental, to help chemical engineers address the challenges we face today, including climate change, global warming, health and nutrition, and alternative energy.

    • Lignin-driven Advanced Materials

      • 1st Edition
      • October 1, 2025
      • Meysam Madadi + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Lignin-driven Advanced Materials: The State-of-the-Art offers a pioneering approach to address the multifaceted challenges in the production of lignin-derived materials. This comprehensive book covers the creation of value-added products such as carbon materials, nanoparticles, energy storage materials, and bioplastics. It promotes collaboration between academia and industry, bridging the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical expertise. Featuring advanced lignin isolation techniques, tools for lignin characterization, and pragmatic aspects of lignin-based materials, the book incorporates the latest research and industrial advancements.Additio... the book addresses the contentious questions surrounding lignin isolation techniques, providing advanced strategies that have the potential to replace conventional methods in the industry. It serves as a comprehensive resource for analytical tools for lignin characterization and presents solutions for more in-depth knowledge. Furthermore, it aims to improve economic viability and sustainability in lignocellulosic biomass utilization, and guides sustainable decision-making with environmental and economic assessments. This book is a vital resource for those exploring advancements in lignin-based materials.
    • Nutrients and Colored Compounds in Wastewater

      • 1st Edition
      • January 7, 2025
      • Abu Zahrim Yaser + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Research and development advancements in the treatment and recovery of nutrients and colored compounds in wastewater, including green remediation, membrane separation, adsorption, and advanced chemical reaction.Nutrients and Colored Compounds in Wastewater: Treatment and Recovery reviews and highlights recent advances in nutrients and colored compounds in terms of their treatments, recovery processes, advanced systems, and new materials. This book comprehensively covers topics in wastewater management including phytoremediation, phycoremediation, microbial fuel cell process, membrane hybrid system, membrane distillation, forward osmosis, adsorption, electrocatalytic, photocatalytic, and organic metal framework reaction. It provides a useful agenda to help take advantage of the latest research conducted in this rapidly advancing field of wastewater treatment enabling you to develop and commercialize your own products quickly and more successfully.
    • Advanced Functional Nanocomposites Based on Oxide and Carbon Nanofibers

      • 1st Edition
      • July 25, 2025
      • Yong X Gan
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Advanced Functional Nanocomposites Based on Oxide and Carbon Nanofibers: Design, Manufacturing, and Applications delves into the latest research on creating functional composite fibers. It covers the design, manufacturing processes, and the diverse applications of these materials. The book explores the structural and morphological aspects, mechanical testing, physical properties, and electrochemical performance of nanocomposite fibers. Aimed at researchers in materials science, particularly those focused on fiber science and textile-related composites, this work also appeals to industrial professionals involved in manufacturing and material processing.Additiona... key topics include environmental sustainability, energy applications, and sensing technologies. The book serves as an essential reference for both academic and industrial researchers, showcasing cutting-edge advancements in the field of functional composite fibers.
    • Advances in Heat Transfer

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 60
      • November 1, 2025
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Advances in Heat Transfer, Volume 60 presents the latest in a serial that highlights new advances in the field, with this updated volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors. Sample chapters in this new release include A Thermal Performance Improvement Study on a Novel Heat Sink Design and Innovative thermal management solutions for high-performance electronics: Advanced simulation techniques and practical applications.
    • Biocomposites and Nanomaterials

      • 1st Edition
      • December 1, 2025
      • Suresh Sundaramurthy + 4 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Biocomposites and Nanomaterials: A Circular Economy Approach explores the transformative shift from traditional linear economic models to the innovative concept of the Circular Economy. The book delves into sustainable materials synthesis and advanced technologies that cater to eco-friendly production in industries like manufacturing and process engineering. With a focus on precision tailoring of material structures, it highlights how systematic synthesis is revolutionizing material properties to meet the growing demands of diverse applications. The book is designed to inspire sustainable innovations that align seamlessly with the principles of a circular economy.Beyond its primary focus, the book extensively discusses biocomposites, bio-adhesives, bioplastics, keratin-based products, and pharmaceutical developments. Key topics include sustainable production techniques, heterogeneous catalysis, carbon sequestration, and waste management strategies. Real-world industrial case studies provide practical insights into transitioning to eco-friendly practices. By showcasing cutting-edge research and applications, this book serves as a comprehensive guide for integrating circular economy frameworks into material development and industrial processes.
    • Ultrasonic Chemical Process Intensification

      • 1st Edition
      • December 1, 2025
      • Xiaoping Lu + 4 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Ultrasonic Chemical Process Intensification focuses on acoustic foundations and ultrasound cavitation. The book describes the theory and methodologies of ultrasonic enhanced chemical reaction, mass and heat transfer process, mechanical separation, pulverization process and other unit operation processes. It introduces various sonochemical reactors and industrial ultrasonic processing equipment and devices, as well as the application and progress of ultrasonic enhanced chemical reaction process, electrochemistry, materials chemistry and process industries. Finally, the book specifies the main problems and challenges and provides suggestions and prospects for future development of ultrasonic chemical process intensification.
    • Engineered Biocomposites for Dye Adsorption

      • 1st Edition
      • January 9, 2025
      • Ahmad Hussaini Jagaba + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Engineered Biocomposites for Dye Adsorption compiles and discusses applications, mechanisms, and performance evaluation of various biocomposites during dye adsorption. The book analyzes the techno-economic and life-cycle assessment of biocomposites for dye adsorption. It highlights different adsorbent materials for dye degradation and resource recovery ranging from but not limited to activated carbon, biochar, hydrochar, pyrochar, waste fruits, waste industrial sludge, geological materials, graphene, carbon nanotubes, MXene, polymers, metals, nanomaterials, and metal–organic frameworks.The book shows how combining materials such as biocomposites significantly yields better dye adsorption than a single material and addresses conventional issues with adsorption such as adsorbent cost, effectiveness, regeneration, and sustainability and provides insights into the preparation and use of new adsorbent materials for dye removal from aqueous solutions. The information contained in this book will increase readers’ fundamental knowledge, guide future researchers, and can be incorporated into future works on experimental studies on dye adsorption. As such it serves as an indispensable resource and reference work for engineers, wastewater specialists, biotechnologists, chemists, microbiologists, researchers, and students studying industrial effluents, biomass, bioproducts, and adsorption processes.
    • Advanced Technologies in Wastewater Treatment

      • 1st Edition
      • May 15, 2025
      • Roberto Castro-Muñoz + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Food, Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industry: Advanced Technologies in Wastewater Treatment provides an overview of current techniques, processes, and strategies in the field of wastewater management, dealing either with the recovery of co-products, biomolecules or simply water recovery and purification. The book highlights the latest developments in different areas of agro-food productions, focusing on innovative technologies and control strategies in the treatment of wastewaters derived from different industries, including dairy, seafood processing plants, olive oil manufacturing factories, fruit juice and beverage, wine and beer and various other food processing facilities.In addition, it features technologies and processes ranging from adsorption-assisted technologies, advanced oxidation processes, hydrodynamic cavitation, pressure-driven membrane technologies, algae-based treatments, membrane bioreactors, engineered composite materials-based treatments, photocatalysis-based treatments, and ultrasound-assisted electrochemical processes.
    • Boosting the Transition to Circular Economy in the Water Sector: Insights from EU Demonstration Case Studies

      • 1st Edition
      • May 9, 2025
      • Giorgio Mannina + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Boosting the Transition to Circular Economy in the Water Sector: Insights from EU Demonstration Case Studies covers a wide range of topics within the circular economy concept applied to the water sector, including water recovery and reuse, bioplastic and fertilizers from wastewater treatment, and new biocomposite materials from the water cycle. This book presents insights gained from recent EU projects reporting solutions, technologies, tools, and strategies to overcome the existing barriers hampering the circular economy transition process. This book combines practical and theoretical knowledge of the circular economy of the water sector, thus being useful for both researchers, professionals, and actors making local decisions.The book provides a holistic overview of the current status of the recent progress in resource recovery from wastewater treatment, including fundamental aspects and development of processes, as well as the needs of further research and industrialization. It gives special emphasis and discussion on green technologies for resource recovery from wastewater and bottlenecks regarding their applications. As a future green bioprocess, biogas production and waste minimization, opportunities, future perspectives, and research needs are also discussed.
    • Advances in Treatment Methods Towards Emerging Contaminants

      • 1st Edition
      • October 1, 2025
      • Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Advances in Treatment Methods Towards Emerging Contaminants: Sources, Occurrences and Health Effects is a vital resource for understanding the detection, monitoring, analysis, and remediation of emerging contaminants. This comprehensive guide offers both theoretical insights and practical instructions, making it indispensable for researchers and industry experts. By exploring fundamental aspects such as transformations and toxicology, the book provides a thorough understanding of emerging pollutants and contaminants. In addition to recent advancements in detection techniques, this book features case studies on new remediation strategies, including the use of green technology and nanotechnology.It is an essential reference for policymakers, graduate students, and professionals working in environmental monitoring and waste treatment.